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Mythic Mandarin

扬 (Yáng): meaning and stroke order

扬 (Yáng) means abbr. for Yangzhou 扬州 in Jiangsu, surname Yang, to raise, to hoist.

扬

Simplified
扬
Traditional
揚, 敭
Pinyin
Yáng

Stroke order of 扬

扬

  • Yáng abbr. for Yangzhou 揚州|扬州[Yang2 zhou1] in Jiangsu; surname Yang
  • yáng to raise; to hoist
  • yáng variant of 揚|扬[yang2]
  • 6 strokes
  • Traditional form: 揚

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 扬

  1. Yáng Traditional 揚
    • abbr. for Yangzhou 揚州|扬州[Yang2 zhou1] in Jiangsu
    • surname Yang
  2. yáng Traditional 揚
    • to raise
    • to hoist
    • the action of tossing or winnowing
    • scattering (in the wind)
    • to flutter
    • to propagate
  3. yáng Traditional 敭
    • variant of 揚|扬[yang2]

Radical and structure

扬
Radical 手 (Kangxi radical 64) · 6 strokes · 扌 on the left, 𠃓 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 扬

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).